Reno and Beyond: Mancake Jay Kincaid In A Bikini?

• I always suspected that Stanley Scandalmonger was into S&M, But a rack is pretty extreme. Even I don’t have one of those in my closet.
• If only Gayliens would take over earth.
• I’m sure like me you are one of the millions of Americans who I didn’t remember that Monday was Constitution Day, but its a relatively new anniversary, the result of legislation sponsored by West Virginia Senator Byrd in 2004. I saw the Constitution in person for the second time during my trip to the National Archives last spring. As Sebelius points out, Constitutional literacy is diminishing, and the concerns of righteous Republican politicians is always admirable except when its hypocritical which seems to be the case most of the time these days. For instance, Senator Mitch McConnell as Minority Leader, inspires his party’s leaders to support warrantless spying, torture, and the suspension of habeas corpus–all for American citizens. Ahh, how McConnell and the Bush Administration revere the Constitution. Its a shame the Bush Administration’s full-frontal assault on one of the world’s greatest documents has rendered Constitution Day as little more than a joke.
• I’ve been hearing rumors about how next year’s River Festival might change, and those rumors include bikini contests. I can only handle bikini contests if mancake Jay Kincaid is involved. In all seriousness now, I can handle bikini contests that don’t include mancake Kinkaid as long as some of the boating events that allow locals to participate (like the down river race) aren’t lost. I understand the need for the event to make a profit now that its not run by the city, but one of the reasons its such a great event is the participation of local kayakers.
• Yeah. Street Vibrations this weekend. Fabulous. Can’t wait.
• The Imperial Bar and Lounge is adding more items to their already pretty delicious menu. I can’t get enough of their prosciutto panini with frites. But now they are adding fish tacos, a chicken quesadilla, and chicken satay. For those of you who don’t know yet, the Imperial is open for lunch.
• The RGJ has an article about the end of the downtown condo craze that was sort of off a bit. Yes, the appetite for downtown condos has declined and so, yes, the downtown condo craze is over. However, people need to remember that downtown condos buyers expect to pay a premium price. Its that way in any growing city. You can still purchase condos in other Reno locations for much less than a stand alone home precisely because they are not located downtown. Downtown buyers are purchasing a lifestyle should know they have to pay for it, and Reno has got to get used to that idea. You know what they say–location, location, location. For more information about what happened during the last city council meeting visit DMD’s place
• Another bear was treed in North West Reno just outside of a Wendy’s restaurant. I think its time that Stephen Colbert came to Reno to chase all the bears out of town. Surely, that prove to the “Nation” that he has conquered his fear of bears.
• This editorial is right on. The key to improving traffic on Virginia is remove most of it. The city should make one of the two lanes a bus lane and force cars to use one lane as a way to “encourage” cars away from the area altogether. God bless him, Mayor Cashell is not a transportation planner.
• It was fun today watching Tucker Carlson pretend he has a TV show where he lets guests speak thanks to the Clinton campaign’s release of its health care plan. I’ve never seen Tucker’s panties in such a big wad. The sputtering, the gesticulating, the hysteria! Good TV (except for the whole misinformation part of it). Frankly, Tucker would have been better off just calling Clinton a giant pinko lying, ball-busting bitch and call it a day. By the way, who can explain to me why this guy still has a show? He’s about as mature as a five year old.
• Oh yeah, you may have heard about some guy’s alleged armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room on Friday. There was a huge press conference in Vegas today during which the court appointed “media judge” commented: “So this is what a media circus looks like.”
• One last thing. There was a lot of local discussion about legal prostitution in Nevada last week since to
  an editorial by the NYTimes’ Bob Herbert and the publication of Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections by Melissa Farley. People must remember that just because something is legal doesn’t mean everything is honky dory. Yes, women in Nevada have more options and are a bit more protected than would be if they were involved in illegal sex trafficking, but to deny that there are problems with prostitution in this state is ludicrous. Check out Bound and Gagged for responses to Farley’s book from actual sex workers. Its pretty good stuff.

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